One dead, several injured after SB I-75 crash

One person has died as a result of a car accident on I-75 southbound between Alico Road and Corkscrew Road.

Florida Highway Patrol confirms that an SUV traveling southbound lost control, hit the median, and crossed over all southbound lanes of I-75 before going down the embankment on the side of the road.

A passenger, 55-year-old Donna Kay Kraft, was ejected and died on the scene. The driver, 39-year-old Carrie Lynn Rodriguez, and two other passengers, 20-year-old Pablo Ortiz and 23-year-old Santos Sebastian Juanta Cite, were transported via MedFlight and ambulance to Lee Memorial Hospital.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office, along with FHP, are investigating the accident.

Additional details are not available at this time but will be provided as they become available.

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